Various magazines references for John Grimek by Joe Roark Part 2 JOHN GRIMEK a list of articles he wrote for IRON MAN magazine Joe Roark IFBB Men's Historian P.O.Box 320 St. Joseph, IL 61873 IRON MAN: John Grimek by Joe Roark 4:3 p 3 pho p 22 @ measurements Jan 1950 p 45 @ posed at Mr. Britain show [ p 29 pho therefrom ] May 1950 p 21 @ flew into Chicago on his way to Hawaii. JCG and Rader visited Irvin Johnson's Gym at 22 E. Van Buren Street, Chicago 5, Illinois. Next morning JCG departed for Hawaii Oct 1950 p 16 pho as Mr. U p 17 pho Dec 1950 p 59 @ performed at Yarick's show Oct 21, 1950 Jul 1951 p 9 @ pho p 58 posed at a contest between Jack Walsh and Don Morse Feb 1953 p 39 Oct 25, 1952 posed at Mr. World contest in Phila- delphia's "Met" Auditorium. Also Cover pho May 1953 p 49 @ trained to become "smaller" Jul 1953 p 14 @ supporting weights overhead up to 800 lbs p 37 @ pays for his coffee like any other man Sep 1953 p 25 @ pho receiving trophy " a year ago" Nov 1953 p 19 pho arm 18" plus; @ about how he won Mr. USA in 1949 by the judges seeing him backstage relaxed; his delts impressed them. p 63 @ about his contest with Karl Norberg Jan 1954 Cover Mar 1954 p 36 @ to appear Apr 24, 1954 at Yarick's show Sep 1955 p 42 @ "our top sales were from a Grimek cover. However, certain other Grimek covers did not sell well." May 1956 p 41 pho 1949 Mr. USA with Reeves and Ross May 1957 p 23 pho with Jules Bacon and Bill Wright @ Jul 1957 p 9 @ pho Jan 1959 p 9 pho at Mr. U; wins @ p 24 @ about his appetite Dec 1959 p 36 @ pho signs autographs at the Sr. Nats Jun 1960 p 9 @ pho age 50 ? Jan 1962 p 62 his measurements compared to Hack's and Podolak's Oct 1962 p 8 JCG As I Know Him- Heidenstam Sep 1965 p 31 profiled by Hale May 1966 p 17 @ pho Jul 1966 p 36 @ FPP Sep 1973 p 20 @ classic pedasal pose p 31 @ pho and update Nov 1982 p 49 @ pho receiving plaque for his service Mar 1985 p 55 @ pho with Alan Kirsch May 1986 p 32 The Czechoslovakia Grand Prix contest p 43 @ 2 pho Sep 1986 p 28 Honored at Olde Timer's dinner- Rosa p 50 A Night I'll Remember- Charles A. Smith May 1987 p 123 @ pho with Reeves Jul 1987 p 100 Visiting the mighty champs Sep 1987 p 70 Unforgettable moments Nov 1987 p 96 Sig Klein- A man to be remembered Jan 1988 p 93 Otto Arco- the gentleman athlete Mar 1988 p 38 The day I met Charles Atlas Apr 1988 p 30 Exercise for seniors May 1988 p 104 George Jowett- strength pioneer Sep 1988 p 44 Your questions answered Oct 1988 p 51 Parking cars Feb 1989 p 40 Tony Sansone Oct 1989 p 80 Henry Milo Steinborn- the versatile athlete Jul 1994 p 42 The power and the passion - Prokup May 1995 p 99 JCG, Reeves, Oliva; immortals of muscle - Prokup Sep 1996 p 176 Obit for Dr. Charles Moss Ironman: Mar 1999 p 12 On the shoulders of giants- Balik p 24 5@- Teper Apr 1999 p 128 JCG- the glow that will never fade- Chapman p 134 Where have all the big guys gone?- Turner Jun 1999 p 20 letter to editor from Al Cardwell p 20 letter to editor from James Ayers Jan 2000 p 20 His Mr. Universe history explained- Roark NATURAL PHYSIQUE: Aug 1991 p 25 JCG- Monarch of Muscledom- 50th wedding anniversary- Boff COVER APPEARANCES of John Grimek by Joe Roark IRON MAN: STRENGTH & HEALTH: MUSCLE POWER: 1:1 a drawing May 1935 Oct/Nov 1945 rear 4:1 Feb/Mar 1941 Dec 1937 4:4 Oct/Nov 1941 Jun 1938 HEALTH & STRENGTH: 6:2 1944 Jun 1939 Mar 23, 1950 6:6 1944 Jan 1940 Nov 30, 1950 8:4 Sep/Oct 1948 Apr 1940 Gracie Bard Apr 3, 1952 9:3 May/Jun 1949 Aug 1940 Jul 19, 1956 12:4 Feb 1953 Oct 1940 plus 4 men Jan 25, 1962 13:4 Jan 1954 Aug 1941 54:5 May 1995 Dec 1941 MUSCULAR DEVELOPMENT: Nov 1942 Jan 1964 Apr 1943 Feb 1967 Pudgy S. YOUR PHYSIQUE: Dec 1943 Feb 1969 Jun 1945 Jan 1945 Jan 1948 Sep 1945 pedastel PHYSICAL POWER: Apr 1946 Oct 1961 drawing MUSCLEMAN: Feb 1947 Sep 1953 Jan 1948 HARDGAINER: Oct 1948 Nov/Dec 1993 statue Mr. AMERICA: May 1949 Dec 1965 Feb 1950 BAWB: * Feb 1951 Jul 1947 The (Chicago)Bodybuilder Jun 1955 Apr 1952 Jun 1949 Feb 1956 Feb 1958 his family The STRONGMAN: Dec 1958 Nov 1932 Jun 1965 *British Amateur Weightlifter & Bodybuilder Aug 23, 1992 at the Academy of Bodybuilding & Fitness Awards he won: 1. Lifetime Achievement 2. Inspirational Nov 23, 1985 Among 24 inductees to Body Building Hall of Fame. YORK DAILY RECORD Nov 19, 1985- Jim Mullay I (Joe Roark) last spoke to John on Thursday Sep 10, 1998 from 5:19 pm to 5:46 pm- a 27 minute phone call, to polish some details about John in preparation for John's induction into the Joe Weider FLEX Hall of Fame- which appeared in the January 1999 issue of FLEX. I received that issue in the mail on Saturday, November 21, 1998- and two hours later received a call from Jan Dellinger informing me of John's passing the previous night. June 17, 1910 GRIMEK, JOHN November 20, 1998 IRON GAME HISTORY: Jan 1995 p 10 JCG - the nonpareil - Murray Dec 1998 p 1 JCG 1910-1998- Joe Weider Apr 1999 p 1 JCG- The man- Terry Todd p 6 Immortalizing Grimek- Chapman p 10 My friend JCG- Vic Boff p 12 Our memories of JCG- Les & Pudgy Stockton p 14 I meet the champ- Klein p 17 The king is dead- Eliason p 19 Life with John- Angela Grimek p 21 Remembering Grimek- C. Bass p 21 Experiences with JCG0 Schwertley p 25 Another memory- San Sawyer p 26 JCG's physique competitions- Roark p 32 I though he was immortal- Jim Murray p 33 My thoughts & reflections on JCG- Rosa p 36 My visit to Desbonnet [from S&H Feb 1950] p 38 JCG- Best of them all- Robinson p 39 JCG- the first great BBer- Lorimer p 40 JCG- tribute to a Titan- Minichiello p 42ff letters to IGH from readers p 48 How Steve Reeves trained [from MD Nov 1964] p 50 JCG- master of the dance p 64 The WLing exploits of JCG- Fair FLEX: Oct 1986 p 70 The first Mr. Universe- Rick Wayne Jun 1993 p 98 Interview- Little part 1 Jul 1993 p 40 Interview- Little part 2 Jan 1999 p 146 Is among the inaugural batch of inductees into Joe Weider's Hall of Fame- McGough, Roark, Wennerstrom p 242 Featured in Factoids- Roark Mar 1999 p 32 Pho @ dies 11-20-98 Apr 1999 p 182 Grimek the Great- Roark May 1999 p letter to editor from James Ayers MMI: Apr 1999 p 8 5 pho 3@ obit May 1999 p 20 pho @ letter Jun 1999 p 7 Grimek, drugs, and the sport- Monchinski p 50 Hail & Farewell- obit- many tributes- Fitness p 60 The cover of JCG p 157 @ Penn State catalog shows JCG on the cover- which happened to be the same week he died Aug 1999 p 89 photo of JCG taken Oct 23, 1998 by Jeffrey Thompson, and Thompson's letter tothe editor Jul 2000 p 48 Odds and ends on JG- Irvin Foss PLUSA: Jan 1999 p 84 Pho @ ASSOC. of OLDTIME BARBELL & STRONMEN newsletter: Dec 1998 p 8 (insert) 5 pho 2 pages RENO's Wl newsletter: Dec 24, 1998 p 7 4 pho 3@ Jan 5, 1999 p 7 let to ed from John Varrone p 7 let to ed from Gene Primm Natural BBing: May 1999 p 12 pho @ obit MF: Apr 1999 p 16 In memory of JCG- Weider HARDGAINER: Mar/Apr 1999 p 3 Goodbye to the pioneer BBer- Howell p 23 John Grimek was 'the man'- Whelan May 2001 p 30 The Grimek arch ex- Tyrrell I.MAST May 1999 p 5 FPP p 6 King of BBers JCG is dead- Gentle p 11 JG- Liederman (reprint YP) Dec 1999 p 24 JC talks about squats- Gentle p 26 JC pride and passport pictures- Gentle p 26 Ad for David Gentle book: THE MONARCH OF MUSCLEDOM:JCG Apr 2000 p 15 JCG BB & WL contests- Kiiha (says he won the 1941 Mr. Middle Atlantic) GRIMEK, JOHN Super Athletes 167, 168, 197, 247, 471, 547 The Iron Game 106, 113, 117 Sons of Samson 32 John Grimek, Physique Competitions: SH 2-39 p 42 was sent an honorary award by the judges at Johnny Hordine's contest Dec 1, 1938 SH 1-40 p 30 wins Best Developed Man contest- Wib S. SH 7-40 p 26 Saturday May 25, 1940 wins Mr. America & most musc SH 7-41 p 26 Won Apr 19, 1941 Mr. Middle Atlantic in York SH 7-41 p 26 May 24, 1941 wins Mr. America SH 3-46 p 5 not inclined to enter any more physique contests SH 6-46 p 12 May 4, 1946 wins Most Muscular contest SH 4-48 p 22 birth of his fourth child, Robert, thwarts his plan to enter the Mr. USA show SH 10-48 p 10 Aug 13, 1948 wins Mr. Universe SH 3-49 p 12 announces his retirement after the Mr. U win SH 5-49 p 11 out of retirement wins 1949 Mr. USA; re-retires on March 26. SH 8-56 p 56 guest posed at 1956 Mr. America contest SH 9-58 p 27, 53, 64 guest posed at Madison Square Garden during the visit of the Russian weightlifting team on May 17, 1958 Hall of Fame 1992 inducted into The Oscar Heidenstam Foundation Hall of Fame MILO: Jul 1995 p 42 JCG - the monarch of muscledom - Boff Mar 1999 p 9 JCG- how he will be remembered- Webster p 13 JCG- a tribute- Starr p 16 Reminiscenses of JCG- Kono p 19 JCG- setting the standard- Strossen Dec 2001 p 80 Ancestors of JCG- Svub